| Description | Correspondence with Robert Bridges [1844-1930, poet].
/1 Letter from Robert Bridges to Oliver Lodge, written from Chilswell, Oxford, dated 17 January [1921], with envelope. Bridges praises Lodge's work [The War and After, 1915]. He writes about the prescience of Dr Sarolea and his fears about Professor Soddy's manipulation of the atom. He was not the author of verses about the Hylon which were published in Punch.
/2 Letter from Robert Bridges to Oliver Lodge, written from Chilswell, dated 8 March [1929], with envelope. Bridges sends sympathy [on the death of Lodge's wife, Mary, 1851-1929]. He thanks Lodge for complimenting his sermon; he was disappointed that none of the reporters would tackle him.
/3 Letter from Robert Bridges to Oliver Lodge, written from Chilswell, Oxford, undated [late 1910s-early 1920s]. Bridges discusses the need for peace-making with Germany in the aftermath of the First World War, commenting: 'If we had been generous at the Peace Conference it wd have been well for us and the world'.
/4 Letter from Robert Bridges to Oliver Lodge, written from Chilswell, Oxford, dated 25 November [1920]. Bridges suggests names for a particle. (See also OJL/1/243/16a-16b)
/5 Letter from Robert Bridges to Oliver Lodge, written from Chilswell, Oxford, undated [1920]. Bridges sends further comments regarding the naming of a particle.
/6 Letter from Robert Bridges to Oliver Lodge, written from Chilswell, Oxford, dated 13 November 1929, with envelope. Bridges writes that he finds unexpected parallels between Lodge's book and his own. He is interested to hear that Lodge's son [Oliver] is a poet.
/7 Typescript copy of letter (above) from Robert Bridges to Oliver Lodge, dated 13 November 1929 [made by Oliver Lodge for his son]. Two copies. |